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LOUsI APPELT. Editor.
- MANNING. S. C., AUG. 6, 1913.
PUBLIstED EVERY WEDNESDAY
One year...............-.--.------'..1
Pom months....................
ADVERTiSING RATES:
One square, one time, 51; each subsequent in
sertion. 50- cents. Obituaries and Tributes of
Respect charged for as regular advertisements.
Liberal contracts naude for three. six and twelve
LIEN LAW SITUATION.
Mr. J. J. Cantey of Summer
ton has discovered himself not
alone in his position he took be
fore the supreme court in the
'.ease of Cantey vs. McClary
=roadway Co. Hen. John L.
McLaurin has written him en
dorsing his contention, and fav
oring the necessary legislation
,,.which will give the relief the
court declined to give. If the
legislature repeals the statute
referred to, it will give to the
landlord the prior lien on the
crops of tenants with or without
writing, whether the same be
for supplies or rent or both.
-Should this be the case it may
bring about a condition that the
landlords do not desire, it may
force them to release their rights
to the merchant in order for
their tenants to get supplies, it
may also have the effect of forc
ing many a mortgage on the land
itseif. Lands untenanted be
come a burden to the owner, and
unless the tenants can be sup
plied with the necessaries of life
and the fertilizers for the soil
they are likely to become un
tenanted; true, the large land
owner may be in a position to
supply his tenants, but the small
land owner will either have to
make arrangements for his ten
ants or let his lands become
idle.. The merchant cannot af
ford to take the chance of ad
vancing supplies and fertilizer
upon the lands of another with
ont security, therefore if the
lien on the crop is taken away
from him there will be no secur
ity except such as he can ar
range with the owner of the
land, this may not always be
satisfactory to the tenant and
ight resuft in disadvantage to
owner. Atpresent the law
gives a prior lien for rent with
or without writing, but if he
also furnishes supplies he must
take a lien the same as a mer
chant, this, as we understand
Mr. Cantey's position, he wishes
to change, so as to give to the
landloid the prior claim for
everything, rent, supplies or
S what not. '
'" The farmers might be willing
-for such a law, and it does ap
pear the thing at first glance,but
when other things are taken ini
to. consideration we think they
wilt go slow about urging such
legislation.
The large landowners can pro
tect themselves now by merely
dictating to their tenants how
Sand where they shall obtain their
supplies without legislation, if
they propose to do the supplying
Srhemselves all they have to do is
h.to-comply with the law as it is,
then if the merchant advances to
them he does it at his own risk,
-at the same time the smaller
Sland owner who is unable to make
-advances will not be discrimi
nated against because the
tenantfl is permitted to make
his own arrangements and
give as security the crop less the
rent. We have a high opinion of
the views of Mr. McLaurin gen
erally, but in this matter we can
-not see as he and Mr. Cantey
does, however, we are open to
conviction, and if these gentle
-men can show wherein the giv
ing the landlord prior rights over
the crops raised by tenant with
out~writing, tends to help condi
tions with both landlord and'ten
.ant it will be illuminating. The
following is the letter Senator
McLaurin sent to Mr. Cantey:
-MR. McLAUTRIN'S VIEwS.
Mr. J J. Cantey, Summerton; S. C.
Dear Sir:-I have watched with much
interest the course of the case of Cantey
vs. McClary-Broadway company. The
-issue involved in~ this .decision of the
supreme court vitally effects the farm
ing interests of the State, and as a
member of that class I thank you for
-the ability and clearness with which
-you presented it. I agree in toto withi
thbeiviews you bold and fail to follow the
supreme court decision which regard
to section 4165, code of 1912. However,
the decision of the court makes the law,
and there is no way to reverse it except
*by the repeal of this section.
-This is the kind of a decision -that is
developing sentiment for the initiative,
referendum and recall. Which only
means that the people want a little
more hard horse sense and less hair
splitting technicality in the adminis
tration of justice. It is only those who
)come into direct contact with labor con
ditions, who know how difficult it is to
handle. The course of our present sys
tern has been that an ignorant tenant
goes to town and gives a merchant a
chattel mortgage or lien on crop. Then
the land owner is helpless. The mer
chant makes him plant all cotton, sells
him a red wheel buggy and puts him to
ridiog the road, while his wife and
children fight-the grass.
The land owner should make the nec
essary advances and the fact that the
tenant is on my land should be notice
to all the world that the crops raised
on that land are responsible first to me
for all debts due by that tenant. No
one should by any judicial legislation
be permittedi to get between landlord
and tenant at the expense of the former
and the denmoralization of the latter.
You have done a good work: go on
now and get your representativ-es in the
general assembly to complete it.
Yours truly,
J~o. L. MCLAURIN.
Hendersonville, N. C., July 29th.
Kidney Trouble Began With a Lame Back.
J. L. Hacki, 915 Eighth St., Lincoln,
Ill., was recently cured of a bad case of
kidney trouble that started with a lame
back, and says: "I am certainly thank
ful in getting a cure of my kidney trou
ble by using Foley Kidney Pills." Try
them yourself. For sale by all druggists
eery where.
WILD TALK OBJECTIONABLE.
It is quite evident that in our
neighboring counties, Williams- v
burg and Sumter, is soon to have y
the ballot on whether or not the t
dispensary shall be re establish
ed, considerable activity is goingf
on. and much feeling is being !
eugendered by statements that a
are being made. Tbose who are t
opposed to the institution or the
legal sale, are making a tremen
dous effort to prevent it, they c
are making the fight on moral
grounds, which of course, brings r
into the contest organizations S
that usually refrain from taking 1
part in elections. t
In reply to a question, a gen- c
tleman residing in Williamsburg t
county was in Manning a few g
days ago on business, as ta his e
opinion of the outcome of the u
election in his county, he said: "I
had given the matter very little
consideration until a few weeks .
ago, my interest was aroused by c
the statements made by a man f
who claimed to be an officialin C
the prohibition league. He said c
the whiskey trust had men em
ployed to go over Williamsburg
county to bribe and debauch the
electorate, it had a lawyer em
ployed to carry the election in
its interest, and intimated that
men of prominence in the county 1
are the bought tools of the liquor c
trust. I am so satisfied that their a
is no-truth in such declarations. s
E can vouch for there being un
true, why a man should go about
making such wild utterances and
4landering men because they V
happen to view this question dif- e
ferent from him, I cannot under- a
stand. Personally, it matters not
to me how the election goes, I
am not a user of alcoholic bever- i.
ages in any way, shape, or form
unless the same is prescribed by 6
a physician, but I have my views
as to the policy between the le
gal sale, or the present system V
of liquor dens all over the coun- a
try, and the pouring in of liquor a
from outside States. Perhaps
the consumption of liquor, since
the dispensary was voted out
c
may have been decreased to some
extent, which is questionable,
but grant it has been reduced
some, in my opinion, the reduc
tion has not been sufficient to
justify the loss of revenue, no,
we have the liquor with us, and t
Florence and the outside States
get the money.
I would much prefer to let the
question be decided by the vot- e
ers untrammelled, I am opposed t
to this agitation every few years, d
but still more opposed to strang- p
ers coming among our people
m a k i n g reckless charges to
arouse prejudices and creating
ill feeling. If the voters turn
out and vote Williamsburg will
likely establish the dispensary, (
because, the people have exper- (
ienced the effect of liquor being (
sold all around them, and they c
are not content with the present
condition. I do not know how
they would look at it if George
town on the one side, and Flor
ence on the other, was not sell- ~
ing whIskey and making money
out of it, but with this condition ~
they say, if they must have the
lquor consumption, it is well for ~
them to get some of the profit to
put on their roads and into their
schools.,
There are many good people
in Williamsburg who favor the
legal sale of liquor under present ~
coditions, but whether they will ~
go -actively to work in its inter
est is doubtful, unless their re
sentment of the slanders that ~
have been made by some of the '
speakers, who are in the employ ~
of the anti-saloon league or some
other temperance organization ~
prompts them to get active; I ~
have heard a number of tbem say
they are not willing to tamely
submit to being charged with '
corrupt motives when they are
exercising their conscientious
judgment. I have also heard
men who are not in favor of the
dispensary express themselves
as deploring the extravagant I
statements of visiting speakers."
SMITH ANID THE BOLL WEEVIL. c
The press dispatches relating
to Senator Smith's cottonlessC
zone proposition do not seem to
agree. Monday afternoon news
papers carried a story that at a
conference called by Senator
Smith, at which was present.ex- a
perts from the agricultural de
artment, after a two hours ses-r
sion they decided the Senator's S
plan was too costly and alto
gether impractical, but in yes
terday morning's newspapers a
the reverse is reported, and in
stead of the experts falling down
on the junior senator's views
they agree with him that if the-V
proposed zone is establishedV
it would drive out the boll c
weevil. The more the matter is
being looked into the more does a
it becomes interesting, the main
objection so far raised is the a
cost it would entail. It is i
thought if the government un
certakes to carry out the idea of
Senator Smith it will cut down I
ver a auarter of a million acres U
:f cotton. unless the making of t
this cottonless zone emboldens t4
the other sections to increase S
thei'acreage.
There is this much to be said
ibout Senator Smith's efforts to
get government aid for the cot d
ton farmers, he has made the o
subject a study and a specialty, S
t is what he hopes for to be re- C
urned to the senate, and it is ri
what he must convince the Si
masses of to win their votes. He rI
vent into office talking cotton,|
t
ae has been talking cotton at
very opportunity,, and as the
~ie comes for h: successor to~
>e chosen he is mote active than
~ver in behalf cdf the cottou
THE SOUTHS OPPORTUNITY.
One of the best suggestion
re have seen from any of ou1
ublic men, is the one to urgi
de farmers of the South to g<
ito stock raising. The West i,
ist being cut up into smal
arms, what was once cattl
anches, has given way to town
nd cities, made necessary b3
he tremendous immigrant pop
lation that has settled there
nd what has not yet been mad(
ito towns and cities, has bee]
onverted into small farm
hereon there are no mor
anges upon which cattle car
ubsist, therefore, there is a de
land for ranges; nowhere it
ie world can better ranges foi
attle and hogs be found that
ie swamps and flat lands of the
outh. In our swamps cattl
an feed the year round, anc
pon our flat lands they ca
raze the greater part of th<
ear, there is no better produc
ig forage lands anywhere that
an be found in the South, ii
ict, everything is here to en
urage cattle raising whici
reated much of the wealth o:
3e West; what was done foi
at section can be done here a,
ell, and better with less ex
ense.
It may be the foresightednes
f the syndicates which bough
trgely of the swamps of thi
untry to convert the lands
fter the timber is removed, int<
tock ranges, and finally cana
aem for planting purposes, i:
ch was their purpose, we be
.eve they will reap a rich re
rard, but aside from them
very land owner who conduct,
farm can raise some stock foi
iarket, if this is done it will no
ike long before the cost of liv
ig will be lessened, and if stool
; extensively raised in th(
outh, the meat packing con
erns will eventually look thi
ray for plants to manufactur
be food into marketable shap
s they are now doing in the bic
ities of the West.
We believe there is a grea
rospect for the South to be
ome the richest section of thi:
nion; the eyes of the moniei
iterests are turning this way
e fact of the Secretary an<
'reasurer proposing to throv
pen the vaults of the govern
ient and loan to the banks o:
be South $25,000,000, and th
Vest a similar amount to aid it
oving the crop of this year
; an indication that more inter
st is being shown this sectior
ban before, and,that money ha
iscovered tine opportunities fo:
ivestment in this section.
A SAD CASE.
It was a great misfortuna tba
lovernor Blease was out o
jolumbia when' Judge Ernes
ary assumed jurisdiction in th
ase involving the custody o
e children of Mr.*'and Mrs
ulian Zachry of Augusta, ha<
e been in the city, we doub
xceedingly the success of Zach
y's escape into Georgia wit:
he child Judge Gary awarde<
tim, because. the Governo
rould have had him arreste<
nd detained. We cannot sei
ow a South Carolina circui
~udge can assume jurisdiction il
case like this. The courts o
~eorgia granted the custody a
he Zachry children to the fathi
r. who is a member of the ba:
f that State, but the mother
istead of yielding to the judg
aent of that court, appealed he
ase, then lef t the jurisdiction o
he court with her two children
,nd escaped into South Carolina
's soon as she struck the soil o
his State it appears to us sh<
ras beyond the reach of the
leorgia court, but if she comn
itted an offense the only wa;
he could be returned, would be
pon a warrant issued for he:
rrest and a requisition bonore<
y the Governor of this State
nis however, was not the course
ursued. The husband and fath
r wvent before Judge Gary, wh<
ssumed jurisdiction and issue<
,n order giving the custody o:
>ne of the children to the father
ho had an automobile waiting
in the outside, after a struggli
ith the mother. the officern
orced the child from her arm:
nd gave it to the father, immed
tely he jumped in the machine
nd pulled out for Georgia.
As soon as Governor Blease
eturned to the city he at onci
et to work to have the mar
rought back, the Governor oj
~eorgia was communicated witl:
nd warrants charging Zachry
ith violations of the law of thi:
tate have been forwarded tc
ave him arrested, which we hope
'ilL succeed, and if there is any
ay to punish this man, we sin
rely hope he will get it. as we
>ok upon the case as heartless
ud high handed. There has no1
e en the slightest intimatior
ainst the character of the dis
essed mother, but the proceed
gs in the court of Georgia al
ge th at the husband is not what
e should have been, that he was
afaithful, and cruel to the wife,
the extent that she had to gc
>her mother for protection and
a~pport
Good Reason For His Enthusiasm.
When a man has suffered for several
ts with colic, diarrhoea or other forn
bowel complaint and is then cured
und and well by one or two doses o1
bamberlains Colic, Cholera and Diar
oea Remedy, as is often the case, it
but natural that he should be enthu
astic in his praise of the remedy, and~
pecially is this the case of a sev'ere
tack when life is threatened. Try it
ben in need of such a remedy. It
ever fails. Sold by all dealers.
Arouses the Liver and Purifies the Blood
e Old Standard general strengthening tonic,
covES TASTELESS chill TONIC, arousesthe
er to action. drives Malaria out of the blood and
UNCLE SAM AS LAND BUTER.
United States is World's Largest Dealer and
Has Made Some Good Bargains.
Since the American colonies
threw off the galling yoke of
English rule and became an in
dependent nation "Uncle Sam"
h has been the largest real estate
dealer the world has ever pro
duced.
Instead of trading in a few town
lots or an occasional one-thous
I and acre farm, the government
i has transacted a whole sale bus
iness, dealing in thousands of
square miles, and on three sep
arate occasions the transfers have
involved more than500,000square
miles each.
Commencing with the purchase
from Napoleon in 1803 of what is
known as the "Louisiana Par
chase," a tract of 875,825 square
L miles, extending from the Gulf
of Mexico to the Canadian bor
der and from the Mississippi
river to the Pacitic ocean, for
which $15,000,000 was paid, the
United States has bought land
whenever opportunity presented
itself, until no European power
owns a square foot of territory
on this continent with the single
exception of England, which still
retains her Canadian possessions.
Originally the English colonies
were supposed to extend from the
Atlantic to the Pacitic coast, but
in reality no effort was made by
them or the mother country to
occupy any part of the unknown
country west of the Mississippi
river. Even their attempts to
expand beyond the Allegheny
mountains were strenuously and
successfully opposed by t h e
French for many years.
By virtue of owning land on
both sides of the mouth of the
Mississippi, Spain claimed con
trol of that river, thus shutting
in without an outlet all the coun
try west of -the then impassable
mountains.
Later Spain was forced to cede
the Louisiana territory to France,
but her sovereignty lasted a com
paratively short time. When Na
- poleon had become so involved in
wars that he stood along against
the whol'e of Europe he saw the
utter impossibility of protecting
his American possessions against
the superior navy of England.
and gladly seized upon the op
E portunity to rid himself of some
a thing he could not hold and at
1 the same time put 15,000,000 gold
dollars into his coffers in Paris.
Mr. Jefferson, president of the
1 United States, no less gladly ac
5 cepted the chance of acquiring
the territory at an almost nomi
nal cost, and at the same time
taking the first step toward what
afterward became known as the
Monroe Doctrine, "America for
t Americans."
f This territory of 875,425 square
t miles, nearly .18 times as large as
the state of New York, .contains
B the great gold, silver and bopper
i mines of the Black Hills and the
.wonderful prairie lands which
I have become the granary of the
t world. For this rich country the
- United States paid 2i cents per
1 acre.
I Our next royal customer was
r Ferdinand VII, of Spain.
I Having squandered his ready
a cash in vain attempts to regain
t his South American possessions.
1 he was sadly in need of money
f to keep up his dissipated court
f and licentious indulgences which
- which had cost his country so
e dearly in men, morals and money.
,Ferdinand's minister of finance
-havmng exhausted every source
r from which funds could be pro
f cured, suggested the sale of tbe
."Land of Flowers," Florida, as
;a last resort. Negotiations were
f immediately entered into with
a the United States, which result
a ed in the transfer of this jewel
-from the Spanish crown to the
r starry field of the Union flag.
3 Thus, for $5,500,000, sufficient to
e enable Ferdinand to continue his
i extravagant pleasures for a brief
.period, Uncle Sam became the
a possessor of 70,107 square miles
- of territory, and one more Europ
) ean thorn was withdrawn from
i North America.
r While the cost, 12* cents an
acre, was considerably higher
Sthan the Louisiana purchase, it
must be remembered thatin those
days Florida was much more ac
cessible than the territory wvest
of the Mississippi.
In 1848, after the close of the
war with Mexico, that country
ceded to the United States 523,
802 square miles of land for the
sum of $13,250,000. $3,z50,000 of
which was to be paid to the citi
zens of the United States, who
held war claims against Mexico.
This magnificent property in
chided the present sta.tes of Cai
fornia, Arizona and New Mexico,
containing some of the richest
mineral and agricultural land in
the world. The cost was a little
less than 4i cents an acre.
These purchases from France,
Spain and Mexico, for which
Uncle Sam paid $38,749,769 rep
resents an area of 1,463.934
square miles. A little more than
two fifths of the area of the Uni
ted States in North America was
acquired for the cost of the
Manhattan and the Queensboro
Bridges across the East River.
In 1.853 Uncle Sam became lib
eral and made his second deal
with Mexico, the Gladsden pur-1
chase, buying a narrow strip
along the southern boundary of
Arizona and New Mexico, 36,
211 square miles, for $10,000,000
or 43.15 cents per acre, the top t
price paid for an addition to our
territory-.
For 14 years after the Gadsden
purchase Uncle Sam retired from
:le real estste market. Then an
other royal customer presented
himself.
In 1867 the czar of all the Rus
sians, in consideration of $z7,200,
000 in ood and lnawful coein of the .s
realm, set over, assigned, bar
bained and sold to the United
States of America all of his right,
title and interest in and to the
599,446 square miles of territory,
more or less, known as Alaska,
and further covenanted to relin
quish all claims to the tract of
land then jointly occupied by
Russia and the United States and
now embraced in the states of
Washington and Montana. The
low price-one and nine tenths
ents per acre-was doubtless
due to the inaccessibility of the
property, as at that time nothing
was known of the gold deposits
which were later discovered in
the Klondike and other sections.
Having thus retired every Eu
ropean nation except England
from the continent of North Am
arica, Uncle Sam lay on his oars
until the war with Spain had
been fought and won. Then with
his characteristic generosity, he
gain relieved the stress of the
Spanish crown by paying into
ts treasury 20,100,000 bright new
ollars, in consideratiod of which
the rebellious Phillippine Islands
were ceded to the United States
and we became a factor i n the af
Fairs of the Orient. For these
3,063 square miles were paid a
Eraction less than 20 cents an
cre, next to the highest price
ever paid by the government.
From the above figures it will
be seen that a total of 2,247,659
square miles of land has been
purchased at a cost of $76,049,
768, or an average of 5.28 cents
per acre.
While $76,409,768 is not an ap
palling sum of money in these
days of tremendous fiscal tran
sactions, the total area of land
acquisitions to our government
by these "deals" is so vast tnat
mere figures do not set the mean
Ing of it all clearly before the
reader's eye. The amount of ter
ritory acquired is practically as
large as all that portion of the
United States west of the Miss
issippi river, or seven times as
large as the original thirteen
states.
For this territory we paid about
ne half of what the government
pays every year i pensions. The
four bridges across the East
River cost more tha.n the whole
amount. Less than one third of
the annual budget of New York
ity would have bought it all.
St. Louis Republic.
The South is fortunate in hav
ing southern men at the seat of
power; the government cain f a
vor sections as has been demon
strated in the past when the
North came in for the lion's
share, now however, it is differ
ent, Secretary McAdoo, who is
a southerner, proposes to depos
it in the southern national banks
between $25,000.000 and $50,000,
000 of government funds to aid
in the movement of the croos.
This money will be loaned to the
banks at 2 per cent interest,
which should have a good effect
upon making money easy to pro
vide the necessary funds for
crop movement. Just how this
loan to the national banks will
help the borrower from State
banks to get money cheaper we
do not know, but it seems these
banks should get the benefit of
the cheap loan to the national
banks, and give their patrons
the advantage.
There will be no armed inter
vention by the United States in
Mexico at present and the Pres
ident will deal with Mexico by
other means. He will not recog
nize the Huerta administration,
and has accepted the resigna
tion of Ambassador Henry Lane
W i ls on,. as his successor he
has appointed Governor J o li n
Lmnd, of Minnesota, as his per
sonal representative who star-ted
on his mission at once, Gov
ernor Lind is to investigate, and
report on the situation. The ac
tion of the President will be dis
appointing to an element that
was urging immediate interven
tion, they wanted war, in fact,
it is intimated that in border
states there have been men en
gaged in organizing forces to be
ready to go over the line as soon
as the sign was given, but these
adventurers will have to r-est
their souls in patience.
Before Judge Spain in Flor
nce Monday the dispensarites
sought to enjoin the election in
that county, but were as un
sccessful as was the Prohi-'
bitionists in Sumter. The elec
ion to vote out the dispensary
in Florence county will be1
eld nnless the supr-emne court
reverses the action of the c-rc-uit1
ourt. It is -our opinion that
oth Judges. Wilson and Spain
dave taken the proper view in i
he exercise of the power of in-'
jnction. If an irreparable in
ury was about to be done a
udge should stop it, but where(
~here are remedies at law in
~hese election matters we do not
~hink it proper to enjoin, it is I
a better to let the question go'i
o the ballot box to be decidedC
~hen if the ballot discloses fraud t
he courts may be resor-ted to
or r-elief. In the Flor-ence case
he Prohibitionists are seeking
o have the dispensary removed,
id the Dispensaryites are re-c
;isting; in Sumter the reverse is t
he case. the Dispensar-yites are-c
;eekinng to establish the institu- I
ion and the Prohibitionists are-c
-esisting, and in both cases
echnicallities are being resorted
o.
t
The daugihter of A. Mitchell, Bag C
ad, Ky., had a bad case or kidney troc- v
le and they feared her health was p'er- Ic
anently impaired. Mr Mitchell says:
She was in terrible shape but I got hzer
o take Foley Kinney Pils and now she I
s completely cured." Women are- more v
able to have kidney trouble than men
md will find Foley Kidney Pills a safe
ependable and honest medicine. For r
ale '. all drngisets ev-eywhere.
STRUGGLE
Real Meaning of Prot
SENATOR MCLAURIN
rrue Politician is the Man Who See
Rather Than the Promotion of
Good in Government Easily
nated With /
Leaving all politics out of the
luestion, easily the most strik
ng development at Filbert last
Friday, was in that portion of
Senator McLaurin's a d d r e ss
which undertook to explain the
aignificance of Progressiveness
n politics. The speech was re
narkable in that it was different
rom anything of a political na
Lure that has been, previously
2eard from a South Carolina ros
rum. Here is what the speaker
1ad to say on the subject:
Fellow Citizens:
I am not here to talk politics
urther than what is in accord
vith the relation which every
ood citizen bears to his fellow
man. Nor am I nere, (as often
ieralded,) as the evangel of a new
lispensation, either religious or
political.
I want to talk about cotton, for
have an extract from the New
York World, showing how Con
ressman Ragsdale and Henry
f Texas, have the new currency
>ill held up, trying to amend it,
o as to embrace every principle
ontained in the warehouse bill,
which is now on the calendar of
be state senate. They are hav
ng a hard fight against intrench
d privilege, but sooner or later,
he volume of money must be
made to bear its true relation to
he products for exchange.
it has become a common thing
to sneer at men who feel called
upon to follow a public career as
politicians." The word has come
to mean to thousands, a low,
dirty intriguer with no ambition
save the promotion of his per
sonal interests. The only states
men are dead politicians. As
long as one is alive he is sur
rounded by the fires of hate and
suspicion-a center for the at
tack of harpies, who care noth
ing for the welfare of the people
they pretend to serve. So many
men have small ability coupled
with vaulting ambition; these can
protect nothing, and only rise by
pulling others down, and point
ing out the defects of any plan
hat does not include the promo
ion of their ambition.
A gang of wolves, when one of
heir number is wounded, always
stops long enough to devour their
brother. then give tongue in pur
suit of fresh prey. These men
re not politicians they are hu
ran wolves, ever crouching in
terror at the feet of power, but
ready at any moment to tui-n and
rink the heart blood, while lick
ng the hand of the master.
Trhe trne politician is called of
od, as much as he who expounds
is holy word, lie battles for his
fellow man through good and
vil r-epor-t; he suffers the slings
and ar-rowrof vituperation: if in
uman weakness he talters and
i sta k es the road lie hears
trough the dark hours t h e
voice caliing and rises. girds up
is loins and presses on; he bears
ith patience and forgiveness
he doubt and suspicion of those
for whom he would gladly give
is life, and like the Man of God,
e has no reward except in the
ext world. "Well done. thou
ood and faithful servant." You
lder men, know the conditions
hat existed twenty years ago,
ad all of you know them.as they
exist today. There have been
remendous changes for the bet
er. How have they been brought
tout? By men who fought error
n spite of popular clamor, who
oted out the way of progress,
with no thought of its effect on
ersonal or political fortunes.
You remember that greatest
f all popular movements, the
amers Alliance, with its hated
md despised sub treasury plank.
'oday a pr-esident and congress
s trying to devise a currency re
orm based upon this very prin
ple. A government commission
s traveling Europe, studying
he system of agricultural credits
broad, and tnat all the sub
reasury meant with a view of
laking the products of the farm
, basis of cred it. Every one of
he great leaders of the Alliance!
vent dlown under the load of
buse, many of themi broken
earted. Yet today the speeches
f Peffei. Polk, Tom Watson and
-Sockle.s" .Jerry Simpson. iread
ike prophecies. Their wor-k was
iot in vain, even though others'
ap wheire they sowed. We old
r men. r-emnembei how sweet
ose docti-ines sounded and how
ust and right.
You recmemnber how the entir-e
epresentation in congr-ess fr-omn
outh Car-olina, on all tinancial
uestions. were pledged to stand
y these demands and not the
auns of a political par-ty. Tphe
eocratic par-ty at that time,
oinated Wall Street interests
:ent coimpletely to pieces. then
.fter year-s of str-uggle. in the
ast election the Republican par
went to pieces, and the Demn
cratic party went into power
ith Bryan and Wilson, as the
lination of the great up
eaval set in motion twventy-tire
'ears ago by the farmners~ of the
est and the south. You were
Wd then that no matter- how it
esulted, you would nevei- be'
FOR RIGHT.
ressiveism in Politics.
ON SUPREME iSSUE.
&s the Advancement of His Fellows,
His Own Interests-All that is
Identified as Having Origi.
Lmighty God.
Let me ask you older men, who
remember the beginning of this
fight, to note the prosperous,
contented and well to do appear
ance of the people wbo make up
this great audience, then look,
back and contrast this crowd,
with the anxious faces, and the
generally poverty stricken ap
pearance in the campaigns about
1890. They told you then that
the practical realization of that
revolution meant ruin to all. I
ask you today. who has been
hurt?
Such prosperity, as has come
to the farmers of the west and
south, has been shared by all
other classes of people. And I
want to tell you, that this is on
ly the beginning, for if we con
tinue steadfast and faithful the
rewards for productive labor are
greater than any yet received.
Those who clothe and feed this
world are entitled to the greater
share ot its comforts and luxu
ries, and they receive less.
It is a common thing to hear
this man or that lay claim to be
ing the discoverer of progressive
principles, but I want to say to'
you my friends, that progressive
principles are as old as the his
tory of man. You will find the
fundamentals laid down in the
book of Genesis. If you will read
your Bible and then profane his
tory, you will see that the ques
tion through all the ages has
been the vain and ruinous strug
gle of man made government to
supersede an-1 overthrow th e
governmornt framed and perfect
ed by Almighty .*od.
The difference, between these
contending ideas has overthrown
empires and built civilization.
Man made government has ever
been arrogant, selfish and cruel,
while tl.e theocracy which God
established for Israel is the per
fection of charity and justice,
contributing to the peace, com
fort and happiness of each indi
vidual in exact proportion to his
or her capacity for enjoyment.
The only perfect government
that the world has. ever seen
was established by God four
thousand years ago, its force
and power is evidenced by the
fact, that the Hebrews, though
scattered for 2,000 years over
all the world, are as distinctly
a nation today as they were
then. On the other hand every
strictly man made government
that has ever existed has been
based upon the idea of the dom
ination of the few over the
many. They have either fallen
into decay and perished, or sav
ed themselves as we are doing,
by the gradual adoption of the
cardinal principles of the old
Israelitish theocracy. And I
am here to tell you that what
we call "Progressivism" in
A merican politics, elected Wood
row Wilson president, and is
nothing more or less than a re
volt agoinst selfish man made
government, back to original
principlks as comprehended in
our Declaration of Independence.
The American revolution was
the grandest and most important
iri the world's history since the
birth of Christ. and on yonder
little mountain, only ten miles
from here. your forefathers
fought the battle, which made
that revolution an actual reality.
That battle was for God and
Right;.but you and I know that
it was won, our leaders could
not resist the subtle temptation
of ambition, and set up anew,
the old principles of privileges
f o r the destruction of which
our fathers have poured out
their blood. But the eternal
principle which God had laid
down at the beginning, was de
finately and finally unshackled,
and today we can see that the
world is coming more and more
under its demonstration.
Every intelligent man has
noted within the past few years
the mighty crystalization of this
sentiment. What a similarity
there is between the Roosevelt
Taft split in the Republican
party. with the split of the gold
wing of the Democracy under
Palmer and Buckner, against
the Progressives of years ago.
This means that the Progress
ives in both old parties are in a
majority and control the destiny
of this county. no matter which
party is in power. I have often
asked myself the question,
"Why this change of senti
ment?" I have heard it explain
ed in many ways, but none of
them are satisfactory to me. I
tell you what I think about it.
After the revolution the people
were ignorant, education was to
the few. The leaders would
shout, "Equal rights to all and
special privileges to none," and
then go in for gathering for
themselves all the special priv
ileges to be had. But about sev
nty years ago the cemmon
scool idea began to find its
birth in a modest way.
Trhen out of the tr-avail and
sorrowv of the civil war, the siave
>Wning caste was destroyed, and
i new era dawned. Privilege and
vealth began to be taxed, and
ritude and poverty taught
in the schools. That all i,:i axc
born free, entitled to the same
opportanities and that privilege
is a matter of worth, not birth.
A great and eternal truth is
about to become in this nation a
grand and glorious fact.
But, my friends, I have not
come here to.talk about the past,
it is of the future and the oppor
tunity now open to the South
of utilizing her cotton crop to
become the dominant factor in
the finaneial world. I would not
have you think that I regard
the question as one of mere'
money, but I recognize the fact
that with wealth goes intelli
gence, culture and an ever ad
vancing civilization.
Here the senator gave a full
exposition of his well knowi
views of State owned and oper
ated warehtuses for agricurtural
products. In the course of his
remarks, he referred with ap
proval to an editorial in the
News and Courier on the sub
ject of the proposed $50 tax on
contracts for futrue delivrey,
saying if it was paid, it would
come out of the cotton grower,
as every expense from the gin
house to the factory was deduc
ted from the price paid to the
planter. The way to do was to
give cotton a stable price like
the coffee growers of Brazil did,
then there would be no Bulls
and Bears, and the exchanges
would serve their legitimate
purpose as the coffee exchanges
are now doing all over the world.
If you get a doctor who can't
diagnose the case he is apt to
give you the wrong medicine and
kill you.
veafnes Canot be Cured
by localapplhations, as they cannot reach the
disea-ed portion of the ear. There is only one
way to cure deafness; and that is by constitu
tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in
amed condition of the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets inflam
ed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hear
ing, and when it is entirely closed deafness is
the result, and unless the inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its normal
condition,hearing will be destroyed forever: nine
cases out of ten are caused by- catarrh, which is
nothing but an inflamed condition of the mu.
cous surf aoes. ,
we will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Dearness (caused by catarrh) that can
not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for
eirculars, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, 0.
Sold by druggists. 75c.
Hairs Family Pills are the best.
Bob White Abroad.
Dear Editor:-Several of our county
folks asked that I write them while on
my trip. Now if you will be so kind
many of our friends can learn of my
trip through THE TIMES.
My brother, A G. White, and I
started on our trip Tuesday, July 29th.
with the expectation of spending one
day in Cheraw, S. C , one at Norfolk,
Va., four or five at Washington, D. C.,
and a short while at New York City.
We unintentionally spent the greater
part of Tuesday in Darlington, S. C.,
not being able to make connection with
the morning Cheraw train. We secur
ed a check board ana during the day
played checks with about one dozen of
Darlington's citizens.
We caught the morning train for
Cheraw, arriving there about ten p. m.,.
and we were splendidly entertained at,
the home of Mr. C. A. Malloy until.
Wednesday evening. To catch th e.
"north bound" over the Seaboard for
Norfolk, Va., was our intention,, but
that train was delayed in Columbia, S..
C., by a wreck on that line, throwing it
some four and one-half hours late, con
sequently we were stopped at Norlina,
N. C., but this time we were 'not alone,
there were several others in the same
box so we all, after writing to our home
folks, set about having a good time and
taking into consideration all the incon
veniences we had a pleasant wait.
When we arrived at Portsmouth, Va.,
the ferry was waiting and took us over
to that cityv of crooked streets. We put
up at Hotel Fairfax. The Norfolk navy
ard with its stops, dry docks and the
war vessels are great. Ocean View is
ne, but Old Point beats them all. I
would just love to tell about its water
front, fort, soldiers brave, Hotel Cham
berlain, etc.
From Old Point we took the steamer
Northland up the bay and river to
Washing ton, D. C. About one o'clock
Friday night, just before we get out of
the bay, a storm struck us which caus
ed a good bit of excitement, but after
abut two hours most of the three hun
dred passengers turned in
We reached Washington 0. K., Sat
urday, a. in., and am much pleased with
our Capitol. I was oleased and surpris
ed to meet Mr. L. M. Jones and his
brother on Penn Avenue We will leave.
for New York Tuesday. p. m. Will give.
the rest of my trip next week.
BOB WHITE.
Danger in Delay.
Kidney Diseases Are Too Dangerous
For Manning People to Neglect.
The great danger of kidney troubles
is that they so often get a firm' hold be
fore the sufferer recognizes t h e m.
ealth will be gradually undermined.
Backache, headache, nervousness,
lameness, soreness, lumbago, urinary
roubles, dropsy', gravel and Bright's
isease may follow as the kidneys get
worse. Don't neglect your kidneys.
elp the kidneys with Doan's Kidney
Pills, which are so strongly recommen
ed right here in Manning.
George June, carpenter, Manning, S.
C., says: "My kidneys troubled me and
he kidney secretions were unnatural
ad filled with sediment. My back was
lame and I did' not get much rest at
ight. Doan's Kidney Pills, which I
ot at Dr. W. E. Brown & Co.'s Drug
Store, (now the Dickson Drug Co.,) re
:oved the lameness and soreness and
fter taking this remedy. I felt much
etter in every way."
For sale by all dealers. Price 50'
ents. Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo.
New York, sole agents for thle United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's -and
ake no other.
TATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
County of Clarendon,
3v -James M. Windham, Esq., Probate
Judge.
Whereas, Josephine Clark made suit
o me, to grant her Letters of Ad
inistration of the Estate and effects of
iobert Lee Clark.
These are therfore, to cite and ad
onish all and singular the kindred and
reditorsof the said Robert Lee Clark,
Leceased, that they be and appear be
ore me, in the Court of Probate, to be
eid at Manning on the 14th day of
~ugust next, after publication here
, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show
ause, if any they have, why the said
administration should not be granted.
Given under' my hand, this 29th dlay -
*f July, A. D. 1913.
JAMES M. WINDHAM,
rEA 1 Judg or f Prohnate